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Eliza Spalding Warren was just a child when she was taken hostage by the Cayuse Indians during a massacre in 1847. Now the young mother of two children, Eliza faces a different kind of dislocation; her impulsive husband wants them to make a new start in another territory, which will mean leaving her beloved home and her departed mother's grave - and returning to the land of her captivity.

In this lively book, children discover a world of colors all around them: red is spices and swirling skirts, yellow is masa, tortillas, and sweet corn cake. Many of the featured objects are Latino in origin, and all are universal in appeal. With rich, boisterous illustrations, a fun-to-listen-to rhyming text, and an informative glossary, this playful concept book will reinforce the colors found in every child's day!

Pat Mora, recipient of the Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature, weaves the culture of the American Southwest into the charming tale of DoNa Flor, a giant woman with a giant heart to match. She would do anything for her friends, and in this tall-tale, Flor protects her pueblo community from the threat of a puma.

הספרות האירית החדשה הולידה, בין היתר, את הפרוזה המרתקת של קלייר קיגן, אחת הסופרות האיכותיות ביותר בספרות האירופית העכשווית. עתה היא מפורסמת בעברית לראשונה אצלנו...

Jessie, who hasn’t seen her mother since she was 14, is on her way home, bringing with her a foster child who won’t talk and a runaway they’ve picked up along the way. Meanwhile, her estranged mother awaits their arrival at the bus station in Questa, New Mexico, next to a woman who longs for a disappeared love to return.

Die Geschichte von Pinocchio zählt zu den beliebtesten Klassikern bei Jung und Alt. Hauptfigur des Schelmenromans ist Pinocchio, eine Holzpuppe, die der Schreiner Gepetto geschnitzt hat. Auf wundersame Weise ist dem Holzscheit, aus dem Pinocchio geschnitzt ist, Leben eingehaucht, so bewegt sich die Holzpuppe ohne Hilfe und hat auch sonst alle typischen Fähigkeiten eines Kindes.

Dawn is breaking over the Guilleries, a rugged mountain range in Catalonia frequented by wolf hunters, brigands, deserters, race-car drivers, ghosts, and demons. In a remote farmhouse called Mas Clavell, an impossibly old woman lies on her deathbed. Family and caretakers drift in and out. Meanwhile, all the women who have lived and died in that house are waiting for her to join them. They are preparing to throw her a party.

שעת לילה בעיצומו של קרב לטרון. נערה אחת מסתתרת בזחל'מ פגוע, אחרי שכל חבריה לצוות נהרגו. חיילי הלגיון מתקרבים מרגע לרגע, והיא זועקת לעזרה בקשר. בידה רימון, והיא מוכנה...

In this L.A. Theatre Works original commission, playwright Jeanne Sakata has created a new audio adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved classic. Mary Lennox is an orphaned 10-year-old who is sent to live with her uncle in his country house on the moors. Her new life is almost unbearable, but when she hears stories of the estate’s mysterious, abandoned garden she’s determined to discover its secrets.

In Chingona, Mexican American activist, scholar, and podcast host Alma Zaragoza-Petty helps us claim our inner chingona, a Spanish term for "badass woman." Working for change while preserving her spirit, a chingona repurposes her pain for the good of the world. She may even learn that she belongs to a long line of chingonas who came before her—unruly women who used their persevering energy to survive and thrive.

In Nothing Like a Dame, theater journalist Eddie Shapiro opens a jewelry box full of glittering surprises, through in-depth conversations with twenty leading women of Broadway. He carefully selected Tony Award-winning stars who have spent the majority of their careers in theater, leaving aside those who have moved on or occasionally drop back in. The women he interviewed spent endless hours with him, discussing their careers, offering insights into the iconic shows, changes on Broadway over the last century, and the art (and thrill) of taking the stage night after night.  

After living an opulent life with her aunt for the last few years, the last thing 25-year-old Isabella Garcia wants is to have to celebrate Christmas in the small silver-mining town her father and mother founded in the desert. She'd rather stay in California with the handsome Diego Morales, who is courting her. Isabella is further miffed to have to bear the company of Aaron Bailey, a businessman with the Santa Fe Railroad, whom her father has sent to escort her safely home. Aaron finds Isabella spoiled, and she finds him judgmental.    

Antonia Vega, the immigrant writer at the center of Afterlife, has had the rug pulled out from under her. She has just retired from the college where she taught English when her beloved husband, Sam, suddenly dies. And then more jolts: her bighearted but unstable sister disappears, and Antonia returns home one evening to find a pregnant, undocumented teenager on her doorstep.

“¿Estás cansado de los consejos de dieta confusos y las recetas aburridas? Aquí tienes un método científicamente probado para disfrutar deliciosas comidas mientras transformas tu salud, ¡en sólo 21 días!” “¿Te sientes perdido en la infinidad de planes de dieta y consejos de salud? ¿Ya lo has probado todo, pero no obtienes los resultados que deseas? Es frustrante, ¿verdad? Incluso puede que te hayas preguntado si comer sano implica renunciar al sabor por completo.

"My American Privilege" is a deeply personal and inspiring memoir by Alma Ohene-Opare, a Ghanaian immigrant who embarks on a transformative journey to American citizenship. This gripping narrative begins with Alma's early years in Ghana, capturing the essence of his childhood, rich in cultural heritage, and shaped by the values and traditions of his homeland. His story is a tapestry of vivid memories, challenges, and aspirations that lay the foundation for his future endeavors.

REBEL IN VENUS takes place over one 'girl's night in' spent between best friends, Maria and Layla. Over the course of the witty and unexpected evening, Layla's memory is jolted, and her once carefully repressed past begins to return to her, triggering a sequence of events that ultimately jeopardizes Layla's unconventional life. In REBEL IN VENUS, the bold, and sometimes brutally honest stories that unfold, are filled with sexual revelations, high-school humiliations, unwanted pregnancies, unwavering friendships, sex work, divorce, and loss.

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK A searingly original debut about two sisters and their flight from genocide—which takes them from Hollywood to Paris to San Francisco’s Cannery Row—each haunted along the way by the ghosts of their murdered friends, who are not yet done telling their stories...

Brought to you by Penguin. Discover the story of a Native American community told through the generations, from the author of the New York Times bestseller There There Following its unforgettable characters through almost two centuries of history, from the horrors of the Sand Creek Massacre of...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The Pulitzer Prize-finalist and author of the breakout bestseller There There ("Pure soaring beauty."The New York Times Book Review) delivers a masterful follow-up to his already classic first novel. Extending his constellation of narratives into the past and future...

Die Neugier unserer Jüngsten kennt keine Grenzen. Alles wollen sie genau wissen und den ganzen Tag sind sie damit beschäftigt, uns unzählige Fragen zu stellen. Wieso kaut die Kuh auch im Liegen? Wie belagert der Ritter eine Burg? Warum sind Feuerwehrautos rot? Die Hörspielreihe "WAS IST WAS Junior" ist für alle Kinder gemacht, die noch nicht lesen können oder es gerade erst lernen. Sie entführt wissbegierige kleine Weltentdecker zu Geschichten und Schauplätzen, die ihnen am Herzen liegen und die sie begeistern.